DIG AWAY Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

dig (away)

verb

Definition of dig (away)

as in to labor

to devote serious and sustained effort it took days of digging away at the subject, but he understands it thoroughly now

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Since the Computing Community Consortium hosted its first conference on thermodynamic computing in 2019, a small community of researchers has been laboring to put it into practice.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 July 2026
The former offices of the saltpeter mines, which produced the main ingredients used in gunpowder and fertilizer, evoke the past, when thousands of people labored at processing caliche, a nitrate-bearing rock.

— Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026

Definition of labor

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In the galley, Joy struggles to accommodate two sheets of Suzanne’s preferences and one sheet of Sugar Baby’s.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 21 July 2026
Day to day, as the city grows, there’s also the question of traffic, which snarls the city as public transit initiatives have repeatedly struggled.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 July 2026

Definition of struggle

Verb

In McBride’s work, collections of idiots and unlikable misfits strive for power and achievement and are inevitably foiled by their own flaws.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 16 July 2026
Never forgetting your past, but also living in the present, and always striving to do more in the future.

— Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 16 July 2026

Definition of strive

Verb

The latest in Houston Salgado Araujo, 52, was driving to work with three other construction crew members when unmarked vehicles carrying federal agents began following his van, his family said.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
The men who wrote the Constitution distrusted parties, but also created and worked within them.

— Andy Craig, Washington Post, 15 July 2026

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